Head pressure from screen - help

Lex

After covid, i developed screen/monitor intolerance. I feel head pressure after some seconds or minutes in front of screen, which i believe to be an autoimmune issue. The only screen which i can tolerate is my smartphone Samsung Galaxy A51 super amoled in dark mode. Please, suggest me a monitor suitable to my condition, i really need a monitor to work.

ensete

Lex . I feel head pressure after some seconds or minutes in front of screen, which i believe to be an autoimmune issue.

It is not an autoimmune issue. Have you tied patching?

jen

Lex I feel head pressure after some seconds or minutes in front of screen, which i believe to be an autoimmune issue.

That’s how I feel too quickly with screens. For me since 2018 starting with injury from LED flicker, but it goes away if I have a fever and comes back horribly worse after a fever. It feels like some kind of inflammation in my head, but of course no one really knows since there’s no scientific research on health impacts of LED lights/screens yet. I’m sorry I don’t know any screens that are ok for me yet. Keeping the screen as far away as possible from my head, patching one eye, keeping backlight on high to minimize invisible flicker and using dark filters over the screen to reduce brightness help, but not nearly enough. I have to severely limit screen time and avoid nearly all LED lights to keep my brain functional enough to keep working at some level. It’s hard to get food and becoming impossible to access healthcare without new LED injury. I hope things improve for you as you continue to recover from Covid. For me when LED injury concussion-like symptoms are horribly bad following an infection, I get a little better faster if I stay off of screens completely, completely avoid LEDs with any invisible flicker, and do things that increase what feels like too-low brain blood pressure (it feels like swelling in my head is restricting blood flow and messing up various nervous signaling but of course I don’t have any way to know and doctors don’t know either since there’s no medical research yet). Either light activity or propping my feet over my head seems to help reduce brain fog temporarily, while sitting still or digesting food makes brain fog worse.

pooda

Lex Same here! I was able to use my iPhone X without issues for years but after getting COVID in 2020 I can no longer use any displays with PWM or Temporal Dithering without getting terrible head pressure and dizziness.

Liberator005

Very hard to say, as what works for someone doesn't necessarily work for someone else.

What I would suggest is get a laptop with intel hd 530 (unfortunately that would mean to buy a used one). If you can't, intel hd 620 is good also. And finally intel hd 630 as a last resort. Don't go with intel iris xe. I don't know about amd integrated graphics. Windows 20H2 is my preferred version. Block windows updates. As for the screen, you need to make sure there is no pwm. You can buy a separate screen to be sure. AH-IPS LG screens are very good in my exp. BOE are good but some of them have pwm so be careful.

In general, the rule for me is, the more ancient the better.

Seagull

ensete It is not an autoimmune issue

Why do you say this? I have inflammatory bowel disease which is an autoimmune disease, both my screen pain and it flares up at the same time. I believe in my case, and perhaps in others, autoimmunity can play an important role.

squidward_eyes_93

Seagull I think you're right. I have computer vision syndrome…severe. I also have an autoimmune issue. I have always thought that they are connected, as my autoimmune issue leads to a lot of chronic pain. Thank you for sharing your story.